Henry Bernadet is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter from Quebec, whose solo directorial debut film Gamma Rays (Les Rayons gamma) was released in 2023.[1]
Originally from Quebec City,[2] he made a number of short films as an independent filmmaker before co-directing the feature film West of Pluto (À l'ouest de Pluton) with Myriam Verreault in 2008.[3]
He subsequently moved to Montreal to study film at Concordia University,[2] and directed further short films, and television series episodes, before making Gamma Rays. He cast the film by approaching Georges-Vanier secondary school in the Montreal borough of Villeray to seek out students in the school's theatre program, and working with them to create a film that would depict stories drawn in part from their own experiences as members of racialized minority groups.[4]
Gamma Rays was a shortlisted finalist for the 2024 Prix collégial du cinéma québécois,[5] and Bernadet, Marie-Anne Sergerie and Victor Tremblay-Blouin received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Casting at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards.[6]
References
edit- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Rayons Gamma, Les – Film de Henry Bernadet". Films du Québec, November 5, 2023.
- ^ a b Manon Dumais, "Jeunes en liberté". La Presse, November 7, 2023.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "A l’ouest de Pluton – Film d’Henry Bernadet et de Myriam Verreault". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
- ^ Charles Rioux, "Les rayons gamma : le talent brut des jeunes de Saint-Michel au grand écran". Ici Radio-Canada, November 10, 2023.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Les finalistes du 13e PCCQ". Films du Québec, January 11, 2024.
- ^ Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024.
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